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    Airframe Family: Sud Aviation SA-316 / SA-319 Alouette III
    Latest Model:SA-316B Alouette III
    Last Military Serial:0737 ARA
    Construction Number:2346
    Compressed ID:Sud Aviation SA-316B sn 0737 ARA cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Museo de la Aviacion Naval, Bahia Blanca Cte Espora Nab, Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SA-316B.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Armada de la Republica Argentina with s/n 0737.

    1 July 1978

    Transferred to Naval Air Helicopter Squadron.
    Operated with markings: 3-H-12

    Transferred to Insular Air Group (Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego).

    January 1979

    Transferred to Naval Air Station Comandante Espora.

    1982

    Actively participated in the Falklands War and embarked on the aircraft carrier ARA 25 DE MAYO and Tierra del Fuego.

    Participated in operation Desert Shield / Desert Storm.

    25 September 1990

    Boarded the destroyer ARA (D10) Almirante Brown to mark Argentinas participation in operations to liberate Kuwait, under UN mandate.

    2 November 1990

    Crashed.
    Fell into the sea in the Persian Gulf due to turbine failure without. No injuries to the crew. Remained afloat and was recovered.

    1996

    Restored.

    To Museo de la Aviacion Naval, Bahia Blanca Cte Espora Nab, Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires.
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    30 April 2010


    Photographer: Lorenzo Borri
    Notes: Technological Hangar Constable Joaquin Oytaben
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